Pōmērə (Shughni) | |
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![]() Flag used by the Pamiri people | |
![]() A Pamiri girl photographed in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (2018) | |
Total population | |
c. 300,000–350,000[1] (2006) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan) | 210,000 (2013)[2] |
China (Xinjiang) | 50,265 (2015)[3] |
Russia (Moscow) | 32,000 (2018)[4] |
Afghanistan (Badakhshan) | Unknown |
Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan) | Unknown |
Languages | |
Pamiri Secondary: Persian (Dari and Tajik), Russian, Urdu, Uyghur | |
Religion | |
Mainly Islam (predominantly Nizari Isma'ili Shia Islam, minority Sunni Islam) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Iranian peoples |
The Pamiris[a] are an Eastern Iranian ethnic group, native to Central Asia, living primarily in Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan), Afghanistan (Badakhshan), Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan) and China (Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County). They speak a variety of different languages, amongst which languages of the Eastern Iranian Pamir language group stand out. The languages of the Shughni-Rushani group, alongside Wakhi, are the most widely spoken Pamiri languages.
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